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PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order using authority granted by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) to end collective bargaining with Federal unions in the following agencies with national security missions: Hydropower Facilities in the Bureau of Reclamation. Energy security is a critical national security mission. The Bureau of Reclamation operates …

It’s the end of days for one of the main features that differentiated Android from iOS for so many years. Namely, the ability to sideload apps from unverified developers working outside the official Play Store is going away. Google explained the decision in a blog post, which mostly boiled down to wanting to ensure that every Android app developer is …

The top data official from the Social Security Administration is warning that the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has put the Social Security information of more than 300 million Americans at risk of exposure to malicious actors. A new whistleblower disclosure from SSA Chief Data Officer Charles Borges reported that DOGE officials, while working at SSA, authorized themselves to …

The Social Security Administration’s Chief Data Officer is blowing the whistle on President Donald Trump and Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE. According to the Government Accountability Project, which is representing whistleblower Charles Borges, DOGE officials have risked the security of more than 300 million Americans by creating a “live copy of the country’s Social Security …

Kenneth Cheung/Getty Images AI is an impressive tool, and companies like Google and OpenAI continue to improve and expand upon what their models can do. At the same time, generative AI chatbots are also becoming bigger targets for bad actors, and now security researchers have found a way to hack someone’s Google …

Social Security official says DOGE compromised Americans’ data  The Washington Post Whistleblower says Trump officials copied millions of Social Security numbers  NPR DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says  The New York Times SSA whistleblower warns of major security risk following DOGE data access  Federal News Network Whistleblower complaint alleges DOGE uploaded all Social Security numbers to an unsecured server  ABC News …

Nevada state offices close after wide-ranging ‘network security incident’  Reuters Cyberattack shuts down Nevada state offices and websites, governor’s office says  Politico Nevada state government offices closed after network security incident  CNN Nevada targeted in cyber attack; state, federal investigation underway  KLAS 8 News Now Nevada state offices closed for second day amid ‘network security issue’  KSNV Source link

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 million Americans’ Social Security data was put at risk after Department of Government Efficiency officials uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight, according to a whistleblower disclosure submitted to the special counsel’s office Tuesday. Whistleblower Charles Borges, who worked as the chief data officer at the Social Security Administration since …

The Department of Government Efficiency put the personal data of millions of Americans, including Social Security numbers, on a vulnerable server in June, according to a new whistleblower complaint. The report, filed by the chief data officer for the Social Security Administration (SSA), Charles Borges, alleges that the actions of multiple DOGE staffers “constitute violations of laws, rules, and regulations, …

Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role  PoliticoView Full Coverage on Google News Source link